LibGuides: REL 0103 & FMS 0177: Religion and Film.: Finding Film Reviews

Scholarly Film Reviews

Academic Search Premier
Academic Search Premier is a multidisciplinary database. When searching for film reviews, use Advanced Search and set "document type" to "Film Review."
Arts & Humanities Citation Index
Use an advanced search to search by "document type" equals "film review" and "title" equals the title of your moves. This database does not contain full text, but you can use the citation information to find the review in JumboSearch.
Arts & Humanities Database
Use advanced search. Set "subject" to "motion picture" and search for the movies by title.
ATLA Religion
ATLA Religion is a database of scholarly and popular materials on religion. To find film reviews on ATLA Religion, include 'Film Criticism" in the Subjects field.

New York Times Film Reviews
The New York Times reviews almost everything released, and often has good critical commentary.
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New Yorker
The New Yorker does capsule reviews of almost everything released, and extended reviews which can rival scholarly articles for some films.
IMDB (Internet Movie Database)
The movie industry's database of record for information related to movies. Especially good for the people related to a movie. Can be a good source for reviews also.
Rotten Tomatoes
Designed to give you a rating for movies based on analyzing the reviews in newspapers, magazines, and websites. Usually includes a link to the source. But make sure you evaluate the source before relying on the review. Not all reviews are created equal!
Roger Ebert Reviews
Contains reviews of hundreds of movies from iconic movie critic Roger Ebert and others.